Vintage watch

[Brook]

Hello I was wondering the make / value of this watch?

 

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[pepperj]

17 Jewels, 9K gold, Swiss
Rolled gold link mark on the strap.
GS might be the case maker.
Value without being a a well known watch maker?
Gold value + for if the watch is in GWO

 

[Brook]

17 Jewels, 9K gold, Swiss
Rolled gold link mark on the strap.
GS might be the case maker.
Value without being a a well known watch maker?
Gold value + for if the watch is in GWO

Thanks rolled gold worth anything or is it just like plated?

 

[Red-Coat]

Can’t help on the value, but I can give you a bit more information on the case. The ‘GS’ mark is for George Stockwell, a well-known Birmingham importer of foreign watches. He’s listed in the Birmingham directory of 1912 as “Stockwell & Co. Ltd. - agents to Messageries Nationales Express and Messageries Anglo-Suisse, continental, foreign and general shipping agents, special tariff for small consignments abroad.”

The case was imported from Switzerland and re-assayed in London as .375 gold (ie 9 Karat) and has the date letter (f) for 1921. The odd U-shaped mark is an upside-down omega, which was London’s import mark, in an oval for silver and in a rectangle with clipped corners (like yours) for gold.

 

[pepperj]

Thanks rolled gold worth anything or is it just like plated?

Rolled is a heavier later than, filled, washed, or electric plated.